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APPLICATION FOR PROMOTION
TENURE
Date Submitted
The applicant should review the Statement on Promotion on the University Governance and Policies website
http://www.millersville.edu/about/administration/policies/pdf/faculty/Promotion%20Statement.pdf and the procedures
regarding tenure and promotion in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
This form is to be completed by the applicant and submitted to his/her department chairperson by November 1, as
stipulated in the CBA. Additional supportive material may be attached. This form is available in Microsoft Word and
applicants are encouraged to use this medium to expand/contract response areas in the application as needed.
This application, the recommendation of the department promotion and tenure committee, the department
chairperson’s recommendation, and the recommendation of the University-wide Promotion and Tenure Committee,
together with the final action taken on the application, will be placed in the applicant’s official personnel file in the
Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Persons applying for both promotion and tenure should submit applications for each on the appropriate form.
In accordance with Article 13.B.5 of the CBA, Departmental and University-wide Promotion and Tenure Committees
(check one):
have my approval to review my official personnel file.
do not have my approval to review my official personnel file.
Signature
Date
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.
Name
2.
Department
3.
Present rank and/or title
4.
Tenure granted
Yes
No
a.
If answer to question 4 is Yes, please state year tenure was granted.
b.
If answer to question 4 is No, please state year in which you would be eligible for tenure.
5.
Year current rank was granted.
6.
Effective date of desired promotion/tenure.
7.
Academic positions held:
Institution
Dates
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8.
I.
Other professional experience:
TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS AND/OR FULFILLMENT OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Narrative Statement (overview with emphasis on how these activities affect student learning; faculty
whose primary areas of professional responsibility are duties other than teaching are encouraged to
define those responsibilities clearly and to develop criteria for their evaluation).
 Increasing student engagement
 Creating stimulating learning environments
 Developing curricula that reflect disciplinary/interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary appropriateness,
research on pedagogy, and advances in the substantive field
 Experimenting with new instructional technology and pedagogy
 Performing academic advisement
 Teaching in ways and places not limited to the traditional classroom
Check in boxes below for materials referenced / copies attached, as appropriate:
Course Syllabi
Examples of Teaching Materials (exams, handouts, media)
Samples of Student Work Demonstrating
 Successful Completion of Assignment(s)
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
Faculty Feedback to Students Who Have Unsuccessfully Prepared Assignment(s)
Other Items Agreed Upon in Departments – specify:
Peer Evaluations
Student Evaluations
II.
CONTINUING SCHOLARLY GROWTH
College/University
Dates
Attended
Degree
Awarded
Date of
Degree
Field of Study
Narrative Statement
 Continued development of one’s knowledge, skills, and pedagogy within chosen discipline
 Continued contributions to developing the body of knowledge within chosen discipline
 Shares and applies new knowledge, skills, and insights
A.
Membership in professional organizations (local, state, national, international)
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B.
Attendance at professional conferences, workshops, institutes, summer study programs, graduate courses
or short courses related to the discipline and professionally recognized; continuing education and/or
licensing. (List dates.)
C.
Offices held in professional organizations (local, state, national, international)
D.
Professional consulting; guest professorship; fellowships, honors, awards; grants and contracts (identify if
funding was received)
E.
 Participation in professional conferences (paper presentation, keynote speaker, moderator, facilitator,
technician, organizer, etc.—local, state, national international);
 Juried artistic exhibits, invited concerts, off-campus theater activities (direct, design, act)
 Development and/or implementation of new scholarly or practical insights or skills as a result of
systematic investigation (e.g., designing, implementing new curriculum, pedagogical approaches in
conjunction with a school district)
 Presentation of a counseling practice report at a conference
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F.
Production or presentation of technological artifacts implemented by business/industry
G.
Research findings, pedagogical observations, technological artifacts, etc., published (print or electronic) as
a result of the peer review process in scholarly journals, monographs, books, exhibitions, public
performances or adopted for implementation by organizations such as school districts or business/
industry
III.
SERVICE: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY AND/OR THE COMMUNITY
Narrative Statement
 Serving on committees and task forces
 Participating in other departmental, school, union, and university-level activities that fall outside
the traditional purview of teaching and scholarship
 Public speaking, providing web-based information, and participation on civic, fraternal, and
philanthropic organizations at the local, state, national, or international level
 Quality of service is more important than quantity; thus service activities should include positions
of leadership and responsibility
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Contributions to the University (expectations include involvement in one or more of the following
activities):
Significant contribution to program, department, school, and/or University committees and task
forces, ad hoc or permanent.
Special individual assignments.
Significant contributions to University governance, including APSCUF activity.
Significant contributions to student organizations or activities.
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Development of proposals that benefit the University or other significant contributions to the
University.
Training or assisting other faculty members in the use of distance education technology.
Contributions to the Community that are reasonably related to the faculty member's discipline
(recognition is given for involvement with community organizations)
Participation in community service in a professional capacity that brings recognition to the
University.
Professional contributions to area schools in a way that brings recognition to the University.
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Public performance in the performing arts or public exhibits in the creative (visual) arts, on and off
campus related to the discipline. (Items not included in Scholarly Growth and Professional
Development.)
Service on state and/or regional evaluation and accreditation teams.
Service through public lectures, board memberships, and professional consulting activities with
area agencies and organizations.
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